The first 30 days of the Ann Wood “100 Day Stitch Book” project have flown by. The challenge has varied between a breath of fresh air and a down right struggle depending on the day. While I can honestly say that the place I’m in now is not where I thought I’d be, I am happy with the progress that I’ve made and am learning a lot as I stitch each day.
With an average of 3 days per page I’ve created over 12 pages at this point. Looking at them as a whole helps me understand some of the ways that I’ve intentionally (and sometimes inadvertently) tied the works together.
Certain repeated elements such as colors, shapes, and compositional organization are repeatedly integrated to create cohesion. I find myself drawn to the same threads and fabrics again and again and, as a whole, this helps these come together. Now that I can see the most common threads that are (literally and metaphorically) being used I am thinking with more intention about how to pull these elements back into my designs.
For the next 30 days I hope to explore more abstracted elements in combination with the more literal embroidered forms of plants and animals. In the last few pages of the first 30 days I started working on this a bit and I like the feeling I’m achieving. I don’t feel like my ideas are truly fully formed yet but with each new piece I refine them and hone both my skills and my vision.
Cry The Bird 